industrial grant
Nanaimo steel manufacturer advancing expansion plans
NANAIMO - Already Vancouver Island's largest commercial steel manufacturer, a Nanaimo company is moving forward with an ambitious growth strategy despite turbulent geopolitical headwinds.Niik Steel, located in the Duke Point Industrial Park, received a $900,000 B.C. government grant, allowing the company to make equipm...
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end period poverty
United Way BC wants to make menstrual products as accessible as toilet paper
NANAIMO - United Way BC (UWBC) is once again collecting menstrual products for those in need, with last year's donations unable to match the high demand. The Period Promise Campaign starts on Friday, May 1 and runs until the end of the month, with over a million menstrual products requested from 26 different frontline ...
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haliburton st.
Three cats killed, no other injuries in south Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO - A morning house fire has claimed the life of three cats and badly damaged a south end home. Calls to 9-1-1 came around 10:10 a.m. on Friday, May 1, regarding a home on Haliburton St. between Crace St. and Finlayson St. with smoke visible from the outside by neighbours and passersby. Assistant chief of operati...
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
Contentious issue
Revisions requested following marathon Cable Bay public hearings
NANAIMO - After nearly 12 hours of public hearing submissions across three days, a proposed rezoning application will go back behind closed doors for further discussions.A third public hearing session, held Thursday, April 30, for a rezoning application at 950 Phoenix Way, again brought a passionate, near-capacity crow...
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water conservation
'A year with some water challenges:' seasonal restrictions in effect across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Seasonal water restrictions are now in effect, with more likely on the way in the weeks and months ahead.Most areas of the Regional District of Nanaimo, including the City of Nanaimo, City of Parksville, District of Lantzville, and Nanoose Bay, are under stage two water restrictions, effective Friday, May 1, ...
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guilty
Nanaimo OPS drug bust results in guilty pleas, primary accused faces lengthy jail sentence
NANAIMO - Late guilty pleas cancelled a pending BC Supreme Court trial following a high-profile drug and weapons bust with arrests made at a local overdose prevention site. Gerid James Gregory-Allen and Sara Lynn Koshman both pleaded guilty to their roles in a drugs and weapons bust at the Nanaimo Overdose Prevention s...
Apr 30, 2026
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curious about comics?
'It's a lot of fun:' Curious ComicCon promoting literacy with free event
NANAIMO - It's time to dust off your stormtrooper helmet and polish your Bat boots, as the 2026 edition of Curious ComicCon is on this weekend in Nanaimo. Celebrating their ninth year hosting vendors, artists, cosplay enthusiasts and fans, Country Club Centre will once again be packed on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. u...
Apr 30, 2026
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wants a new path
Nanaimo-based prolific offender demonstrates corrective action
NANAIMO - Last summer, an offender was walking out of Vancouver Island Walmart stores with hundreds of dollars' worth of unpaid merchandise. Austin Carlson-McPherson vows he's a changed man who's highly motivated and focused on turning his life around. A Wednesday, April 29, sentencing hearing at Nanaimo Law Courts del...
Apr 30, 2026
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big boost
'Huge benefit to us:' Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes gets grant money for new build
NANAIMO - Loaves and Fishes Community Foodbank recently received a big boost in grant money as they prepare to move into their new building. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) approved $119,200 in funds for the purchase and installation of a structural pallet racking system for their new, currently under constructi...
Apr 30, 2026
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British Columbia
Hearing into Myles Gray's death delayed again until fall, 11 years after death
VANCOUVER - The long-anticipated public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being delayed again to give one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigation time to find a new lawyer. The recent appointment of lawyer Scot...
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Owner says Gary the African serval will suffer under B.C. exotic cat ban
LANGLEY - As he curls up on a couch beside his owner, it's easy to forget Gary the cat is in fact Gary the serval, a wild predator native to Africa. The 10-year-old serval was raised as a pet by a couple who later divorced, with Gary ending up at Wild...
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B.C.'s legislature looks into changes as MLA avoids censure after using Nazi slogan
VICTORIA - Politicians in B.C.'s legislature say they are looking into whether they can close a loophole that has allowed a member to avoid a censure motion after she used a slogan associated with Nazi Germany. Independent MLA Tara Armstrong last month...
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Eby says Burnaby, B.C., hospital expansion will go ahead, despite cancelled contract
BURNABY - Plans for a hospital expansion in Burnaby, B.C., are not dead, despite the provincial government announcing this week that the construction contract had been cancelled, Premier David Eby said on Friday. Eby said Phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospi...
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Indigenous leader Angela Wesley reappointed to BC Treaty Commission
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has reappointed Indigenous leader Angela Wesley to be the provincially appointed commissioner to the BC Treaty Commission, a post she previously held until last year. Wesley, a member of the Huu-ay-aht First N...
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Hikers discover human remains at B.C. provincial park in Sea to Sky region
SQUAMISH - Police are investigating after human remains were found by hikers at a B.C. park in the Sea to Sky region. RCMP say the remains were found by two hikers in Shannon Falls Provincial Park on April 24. The hikers notified police, and Squamish ...
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Fine Form
Playoff time for Hornets rugby teams
NANAIMO - It's a cruclal playoff quarter final weekend for the Nanaimo Hornets rugby program. Both the Division 1 men's and women's sides are optimistic about making the BC finals in mid May. Team president Brad Marshall says the men's team is the second best team on Vancouver Island and they are hosting Westshore at 1...
Apr 25, 2026
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New Season
Women's box lacrosse takes flight
NANAIMO - Women's box lacrosse is gaining momentum in the Harbour City. The Senior Women's Timbermen will start their their third season on April 18 with an exhibition game and fundraiser versus the Victoria Shamrocks. There will be 14 regular season games and a July season ending tournament for the women's Timbermen. ...
Apr 18, 2026
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Making Connections
Nanaimo Sports and Social Club going strong into its eighth year
NANAIMO - For the past eight years the Nanaimo Sports and Social Club (NSSC) has been offering adults a chance to play games and make connections in the community. Organizers Chuck Hocker and Jamie Kuhn have seen the group grow a great deal since its early days. "We're regularly now offering four seasons of activi...
Apr 13, 2026
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road warriors
Clippers thump Spruce Kings to open BCHL playoff series
PRINCE GEORGE - After going winless against the Prince George Spruce Kings through the regular season, the Nanaimo Clippers made a major statement Friday night. The two teams opened their third round BCHL Playoff series in Prince George on Friday, May 1, with the Clippers cruising to a 4-0 win at the Kopar Memorial Are...
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Going the Distance
Clippers knockout pesky Capitals in Game 7
DUNCAN - The Clippers brought the Cowichan Valley Capitals to the brink of elimination and then the Capitals turned the tide and forced Nanaimo into a winner take all Game 7.The series had taken a toll on the Capitals with several key players out of the lineup due to injury.The Clippers were healthier, hungrier and mor...
Apr 28, 2026
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all on the line
Capitals force game seven as Clippers squander late lead
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Clippers' second round playoff series will go the distance after a narrow loss in game six.For the first time in the series, regulation was not enough on Saturday, April 25, with the Clippers and Cowichan Valley Capitals tied at 1 after 60 minutes.A timid opening period saw neither side want to ma...
Apr 26, 2026
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Canada
Funeral service for Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in crash while on duty
A police funeral service for Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Brandon Malcolm is set for the morning of Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Malcolm was killed in a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle last Monday, on Highway 401 in Cobourg, east of To...
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Carney's trip to Armenia happening as Ottawa's foreign policy aims shift, expert says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Armenia on Saturday for a visit his office says is framed around Ukraine's defence and drumming up more trade and investment in Europe. Jean-François Ratelle, an international studies professor at the Un...
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Carney says his stance on Iran war shifted as Trump's goals 'evolved'
OTTAWA - Canada's initial position supporting Washington's war in Iran shifted over the subsequent days as U.S. President Donald Trump's objectives became more clear, Prime Minister Mark Carney told The Canadian Press. "The scale of what the objectives...
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Canada looking to wrap a trio of trade deals this year: minister
OTTAWA - Canada's international trade minister says the government is looking to sign three major trade deals before the end of the year - with Mercosur, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India. Speaking with The Canadian Press this week, ...
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Two Canadians on Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel have been released: organizer
A spokesperson for a group trying to break the Israeli navy blockade of Gaza to deliver aid says two Canadians who were detained by Israel in the Mediterranean Sea have been released. Safa Chebbi says she has been told by Global Sumud Canada's organiz...
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Minister says Liberals want committees 'open' after Tories accuse them of secrecy
OTTAWA - As the Conservatives accuse the government of abusing its new-found majority powers, government House leader Steven MacKinnon is saying the Liberals want to ensure committee meetings are "transparent" and "open." Since the Liberal government o...
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World
Humpback whale 'Timmy' released in the North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany
BERLIN (AP) - A rescue team on Saturday released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swim...
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Rep. Andy Barr gets coveted Trump endorsement in Kentucky Senate race to replace McConnell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed Kentucky congressman Andy Barr in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former longtime Senate GOP leader. "And...
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US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6-12 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump's threat as he clashes with the German leader over the U.S. war with Iran. ...
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Made here. Grown here. Connected here. Island Good launches new website to make shopping Island products easier Every choice to shop Island-made is a win for Vancouver Island communities and now it's easier than ever. Island Good has launched a newly redesigned website that helps Vancouver Islanders and visitors quickl...
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Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter
Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter Gear: MEC Nanaimo Is Open
If you're searching for holiday gifts and winter layers, Nanaimo has a new must-visit destination. Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) has officially opened its doors at 2517 Bowen Road, bringing its trusted lineup of outdoor gear, apparel, and expert guidance to the region, just in time for the winter season. From season...
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CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind.Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a huge...
Jul 23, 2025
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